Has a natural disaster ever hit where you lived?

Do hurricanes count, because there were natural disasters that I've lived through. The area in which I lived in has experienced worse natural disasters before. In 1992, hurricane Andrew tore through South Florida, but that was before I was even born. In 2005, Hurricane Wilma devastated the same area. I was in the area around Kendall around that time. Hurricane Wilma was worse than Katrina in terms of South Florida landfalls.

i live in scotland, which in my opinoin is the most boring place in the world when it comes to natural disasters. There was a small tornado once and everone started freaking out. :D But it is scotland and it does tend to rain a lot so i have been caught in a few floods if that counts :D

I live right outside of New Orleans. So, hurricane Katrina hit very close to where I live. Fortunately, it didn't hit us directly and we had already left ahead of the storm anyway. And, also, very very fortunately, none of my relatives who lived directly in the city were hurt. They did lose possessions and were scattered around the country, but they all physically safe.

I heard about this tornado creating a ruckus in US---sad that few people lost their lives too.I did watch few pics of the destruction it was worse.Coming to the natural disasters we face in here are floods---we end up loosing all the crops to this every year and we cant blame these Natural disasters either than to face them.I personally was never struck in these---as i live in a city---people who live in by the villages face the worst.

wher i live i never seen a tornado, whe have a lot of mountains and never have this kind of troble, and i hope we never will , be careful, i know that in many stats tornados are wery offen i soure would not like to be aroung thouse parts when one strikes

It never happened but we really want to be vigilant because anything can happen. There are times when we really have to prepare for some calamities because we are not sure whether it will come or not but most likely it will, we just dont know when so we stock some food in our cupboards that's going to last for 72-hours.

i am so srry to hear this megamatt, i ever hit by earthquake. and it really scare me. i run without any direction trying to save my self and my family. but thank God it was only a little earthquake and did not ruin the houses

Thankfully, we're not effected by tornado or earthquake. But sometimes, flood does happen. I live in hilly area so my village would not be effected. But since the villages outside my village were flooded, we would be stranded, like being on an island. Also, the electricity and water supply would be cut off. Usually the flood would last for days. So we had to learn to survive until that. We had a river nearby so water problem was not really an issue. For electricity, there's not much we can do except to use candles or generator at night.

We have been hit by a little of it all. But nothing that was devestating to a large area. We have earthquakes occasionally but the are always very low (2-3) on the Richtor (sp) scale. We have the occasional tornado, but nothing like what happens in the mid western US, it usually is only a few blown over trees or maybe some minor building damage. We also will get the reminants of a hurricane. I think the worse that usually happens there is some low lying flooding and some downned trees. So all in all we are pretty lucky not to have to deal with too much. But of course that can all change in the bink of an eye. So everyone be safe out there and if you hear the natural disater warnings, take cover.

yes lots of times. we have many typhoons in the philippines and some of them have been really strong and destructive. not only do they bring torrential rains that result in floods, they also bring howling gusty winds, some of which have been so strong that even century-old trees have been toppled over. one such super-typhoon hit our area and it was really scary. after everything calmed down, people ventured out into the streets and the place was a disaster. it was like a scene from some movie, really surreal.

"megamatt" can we talk? I used to live in Kansas, USA. The town,(Topeka) was right in the tornado annual weather pattern. We used to get warnings all the time. Once in a while one would hit near the city proper and give everyone a scare. The storms usually hit the outlying areas around the city for some reason. Even if we did not get a direct hit the accompanying wind and rain was scary enough. When the storm got close enough you could hear it and what a noise it made. Some people say it sounds like a frieght train. All I know it was loud and scary. Just before the main storm the fringes hit with strong winds rain and "HAIL" the size of golf and tennis balls. Sometime they did more damage to people and property than the actual tornado. Have you been in a disaster?

I live in Florida. You can imagine. We feel the first effects of hurricanes generated in the tropics, AND the remnants generated in the Gulf of Mexico. :[ I've been through possibly 100+ thunderstorms and 25+ hurricanes.